Swann Galleries: BOOKS FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE, MILDRED BARNES BLISS, bequeathed to Harvard University. Public Auction Sale Number 942, February 14, 1974 at 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., EXHIBITION FROM FEBRUARY ELEVENTH TO TIME OF SALE. EXHIBITION AND SALE AT, SWANN GALLER, 942,

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 14, 1974 - February 14, 1974

Page Size: 551 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	LOWELL, AMY	John Keats	Boston	1925	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
302	LOWELL, GUY	Smaller Italian Villas & Farmhouses	New York	1916	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
303	McCORMICK, HARRIET HAMMOND	Landscape Art, Past and Present	New York	1923	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
304	MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD	J. B.: a Play in Verse	Boston	1958	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
305	MACQUOID, PERCY	A History of English Furniture	London		USD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
306	MACQUOID, PERCY; & EDWARDS, RALPH	The Dictionary of English Furniture, from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period	London		USD 150.00 - 250.00	Unknown
307	MANET, EDOUARD	Letters with Aquarelles	New York		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
308	Garrison, Wendell P.	MARION PRESS. The New Gulliver	Jamaica, N. Y.	1898	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
309	MARITAIN, JACQUES	France My Country...	New York		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
310	MARSHALL, GEORGE C.	Biennial Report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1941-43	Washington	1943	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
311	Baer, Elizabeth	MARYLAND. Seventeenth Century Maryland: a Bibliography	Baltimore	1949	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
312	MASSENET, JULES	Mes Souvenirs (1848-1912)	Paris	1912	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
313		MASSON, GEORGINA. Italian Gardens...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
314	MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET	Of Human Bondage...	(Washington)	1946	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
315	MAUROIS, ANDRE	A la Recherche de Marcel Proust	(Paris)	1949	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
316	Hillary, William	MEDICAL. Observations on the Changes of the Air, and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbadoes	Philadelphia	1811	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
317	Letulle, Maurice	MEDICAL. La Tuberculose Pleuro-Pulmonaire	Paris	1916	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
318	MELLON, MR. & MRS. PAUL	Painting in England, 1700-1850	Richmond	1963	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
319	Lewis Einstein, editor	MERRYMOUNT PRESS. The Humanists' Library	Boston		USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
320	MEYER, AGNES E.	Chinese Paintings as Reflected in the Thought and Art of Li Lung-Mien, 1070-1106	New York	1923	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
321	Joan Evans, editor	MIDDLE AGES. The Flowering of the Middle Ages	New York	1966	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
322	(MIRABEAU, COMTE DE)	Histoire Secrete de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d'un Voyageur Francois, Juillet 1786 jusqu'a 19 Janvier 1787		1789	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
323	MIRANDA, FRANCISCO DE	Fragments from an XVIIIth Century Diary: Travels and Adventures in Spain, Africa, North America, etc., 1771-89	Caracas	1931	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
324	Gentry, North Todd	MISSOURI. The Bench and Bar of Boone County, Missouri	Columbia	1916	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
325		MODERN ART. Gabo...			USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
326		MODERN ART. Rubin. Dada, Surrealism, and their Heritage...			USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
327	(MOLIERE)	Bibliotheque Nationale. Catalogue des Ouvrages de Moliere	Paris	1933	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
328	MOORE, MARIANNE	Eight Poems	New York	1962	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
329	(MORIER, JAMES J.)	The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan	London	1824	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
330		MOSHER PRESS. Group of 18 publications	Portland		USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
331		MUCHA, ALPHONSE: et son Oeuvre-Portrait by Whidhopff	Paris	1897	USD 75.00 - 125.00	Unknown
332		MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. Group of 6 publications--Max Beckmann...	New York		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
333		MUSIC. Anton Seidl: a Memorial by his Friends	New York	1899	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
334		MUSIC. Landowska. Musique Ancienne...	Paris		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
335		MUSIC. Aldrich. Musical Discourse...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
336		MUSIC. Eames. Some Memories and Reflections...			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
337		MUSIC. Gilman. Edward MacDowell...			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
338		MUSIC. Reis. Composers in America...	New York, etc.		USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
339	NASH, THOMAS	The Choise of Valentines, or the Merie Ballad of Nash his Dildo	London	1899	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
340	NATHAN, ROBERT	The Concert	New York	1940	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
341	NEGRO-Dawson, Warrington	Le Negre aux Etats-Unis. Preface de Paul Adam	Paris	1912	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
342	NEWCOMB, REXFORD	The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta Califomia	New York	1916	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
343	Villiers, Baron Marc de	NEW ORLEANS. Histoire de la Fondation de la Nouvelle-Orleans (1717-1722)	Paris	1917	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
344	NIXON, RICHARD	M-Six Crises	Garden City	1962	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
345	NOBEL, ALFRED; och hans Slakt	Minnesskrift utgiven av Nobelstiftdsens Styrelse	Stockholm	1926	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
346	Vignaud, Henry	NORSE DISCOVERY. Les Expeditions des Scandinaves en Amerique, devant la Critique: un Nouveau Faux Document	(Paris)	1910	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
347	NOYES, ALFRED	The Avenue of the Allies	New York	1918	USD 75.00 - 125.00	Unknown
348	NOYES, ALFRED	If Judgment Comes...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
349	NUTTING, WALLACE	Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720, induding Colonial Utensils and Hardware	Boston	1921	USD 30.00 - 50.00	Unknown
350	NUTTING, WALLACE	Furniture Treasury (Mostly of American Origin)	Framingham	1928	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
351	ODOM, WILLIAM M.	A History of Italian Furniture, from the 14th to the Early 19th Centuries-Over 850 photographic illustrations	Garden City		USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
352		OLYMPIC GAMES, 1912. V. Olympiaden: Olympiska Spelen i Stockholm 1912 i Bild och Ord	Stockholm	1912	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
353	OMAR KHAYYAM	One Hundred Quatrains from the Rubaiyat: a Rendering in English Verse by Elizabeth A. Curtis	Gouverneur, N. Y.	1899	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
354		ORIENT. Curzon. Problems of the Far East...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
355		ORIENT. Maraini. Secret Tibet...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
356		ORIENTAL ART. Welch. The Art of Mughal India...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
357	OSLER, SIR WILLIAM	An Alabama Student, and other Biographical Essays	New York & London	1908	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
358	Harvey Cushing	OSLER, SIR WILLIAM: Life	Oxford	1925	USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
359	J. Arthur Thomson, editor	OUTLINE OF SCIENCE: a Plain Story Simply Told	New York	1922	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
360		(PADEREWSKI). Opienski. Paderewski: Esquisse de sa Vie et Oeuvre...			USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
361	PAGE, THOMAS NELSON	Santa Claus's Partner	New York	1899	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
362	Bunau-varilla, Philippe	PANAMA CANAL. How to Build the Panama Canal? The High Level Lock Canal--The Straits of Panama	(Washington)	1905	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
363		PAPAL BINDINGS. Two volumes, as below			USD 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
364		PASSE-TEMS AGREABLE, ou Nouveau Choix de Bons-Mots . . . tant en Prose qu'en Vers	Amsterdam & Leipzig	1743	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
365	PATER, WALTER	Marius the Epicurean	Portland	1900	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
366	PERKINS, CHARLES E.	The Phantom Bull	Boston	1932	USD 80.00 - 120.00	Unknown
367	PERRIN DU LAC, F. M.	Voyage dans les Deux Louisianes, et chez les Nations Sauvages du Missouri, par les Etats-Unis, l'Ohio et les Provinces qui le bordent, en 1801, 1802 et 1803	Paris et Lyon	1805	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
368	PERSE, ST.-J.	Anabasis, a Poem	London	1930	USD 60.00 - 90.00	Unknown
369	PERSE, ST.JOHN	Winds	Bollingen Series	1953	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
370	PERSE, SAINT-JOHN	Oeuvre Poetique	(Paris)	1953	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
371	PERSE, SAINT-JOHN	Amers	(Paris)	1957	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
372	PERSE, SAINT-JOHN	Oiseaux	Paris	1962	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
373	PERSE, ST.-JOHN	Seamarks...	Bollingen Series		USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
374	PERSE, ST. JOHN	Eloges and Other Poems...			USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
375	(PERSE)	Les Cahiers de la Pleiade	(Paris)	1950	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
376	PERSHING, JOHN J.	Final Report of . . . Commander-in-Chief American Expeditionary Forces	Washington	1919	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
377	PERSHING, JOHN J.	My Experiences in the World War	New York	1931	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
378		PESNE, ANTOINE: mit Betragen von Berckenhagen, du Colombier, Kuhn, Poensgen. Eingeleitet von Georg Poensgen	Berlin	1958	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
379	PETIT DE JULLEVILLE, L., Editor	Histoire de la Langue et de la Litterature Francaise, des Origines a 1900	Paris		USD 70.00 - 100.00	Unknown
380	PHILLIPPS, E. MARCH	The Gardens of Italy	London	1919	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
381	PHILLIPS, EDWARD	Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum, containing Brief Characters of the English Poets, down to 1675	Geneva	1824	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
382	(PICHON, BARON JEROME)	Vie de Charles-Henry Comte de Hoym . . . Celebre Amateur de Livres, 1694-1736	Paris	1880	USD 50.00 - 75.00	Unknown
383	POE, EDGAR ALLAN	POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Letters	Cambridge	1948	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
384	John W. Robertson, M.D.	POE, EDGAR A.: a Study	San Francisco	1921	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
385		POETES FRANQOIS, LES, Depuis le Xlle Siecle jusqu'a Malherbe, avec une Notice Historique et Litteraire sur chaque Poete	Paris	1824	USD 60.00 - 80.00	Unknown
386		POETRY. Daly. One Season Shattered...			USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
387		POETRY. Masefield. Lollingdon Downs...			USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown
388		POISONING TRIAL. Affaire Castaing: Accusation d'Empotsonnement		1823	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
389		POPE HENNESSY, UNA. Charles Dickens...	London		USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
390	PORTA, JOHN BAPTISTA	Natural Magick, in Twenty Books	New York	1957	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
391	PORTER, ELIOT	"Tn Wildness is the Preservation of the World"...			USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
392	POULET-MALASSIS, AUGUSTE	Bibliographie Descriptive et Anecdotique des Ouvrages ecrits ou publies par lui	Paris	1883	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
393	(POUND, EZRA)	The Sonnets and Ballate of Guido Cavalcanti	Boston	1912	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
394	Karel Plicka	PRAGUE IN PICTURES	Praha	1956	USD 20.00 - 30.00	Unknown
395	PREVOST, ABBE	Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux	Paris	1840	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
396	PROUST, MARCEL	Lettres a Madame Scheikevitch		1928	USD 35.00 - 50.00	Unknown
397	PROUST, MARCEL	47 Lettres Inedites a Walter Berry	Paris	1930	USD 40.00 - 60.00	Unknown
398		PROVENCAL. Lis Amouro de Ribas, culido per la Felibresso dou Cauloun	Avignoun	1863	USD 25.00 - 35.00	Unknown
399		PROVERBS. Explication des Proverbes de Salomon Latin-Francois	Bruxelles	1698	USD 35.00 - 45.00	Unknown
400	PUFENDORFF, BARON DE	Histoire de Suede, avant et depuis la Fondation de la Monarchie	Amsterdam	1732	USD 30.00 - 40.00	Unknown

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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